The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated 125 metric tons of smuggled garlic from China at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) worth more than P37 million.

According to the BOC, the cargo was placed inside five 40-foot refrigerated container vans that arrived in the country without a Sanity and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) Import Clearance from the Department of Agriculture (DA).

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